Spring activities with spring weather

The second week of Easter break I played taxi to the kids activities.  Sydney skated, Hailey did circus camp, and Aaron was at football camp.  We also celebrated Randy's birthday by going out for a family dinner in Montreux.  Hailey had a circus show with an Alice in Wonderland theme.

Hailey on the trapeze during the show.

We all went out together to celebrate Randy's birthday.  There is a nice little restaurant in Montreux that Randy and I really like and that is where he wanted to go for his birthday.  We decided to give it a go as a family since we typically don't go out and if we do it is to a pizzeria.  Fortunately they had pizza for the kids so we at least had options for them.

Randy's birthday cake.

We headed to Morges, which is about 15 minutes from us to see their tulips.  It wasn't Amsterdam but it was still pretty impressive even if it was a little early and everything wasn't in full bloom.

Hailey and Aaron with the tulips in Morge.

The girls and Randy signed up for the Lausanne 20k.  The girls ran in the 2k and Randy signed up for the full 20k through Lausanne.  The 20k is a difficult course as it starts at the lake and makes its way through city center and for those of you that have been here know that it is not just a little hill.  He finished in the ran and we cheered him on from a couple spots before heading home to warm ourselves up.

Hailey heading towards the finish line.

Randy and the girls with their medals.

Sydney started playing Netball for their school Champittet.  It is a British game that is similar to basketball for girls.  You can't dribble the ball and there is no backboard on the hoop.  Randy has been wanting Sydney to try a team sport so we were very happy when she expressed interest in Netball.  It helped that all her friends were playing too : )  They had a tournament at ISL and even though it started in the rain it ended up being a decent day.

Sydney doing her happy dance.

Sydney and the netball team.

Hard to believe that takes us into May and nearing the end of our second year.